RFIC Design

RF technology is becoming more important as we are increasingly engaging with wireless devices in our daily lives. RF transceivers are one of the most important and essential part of mobile phones, WiFi routers, Bluetooth devices, radios and televisions. Alongside with these, the wireless communication infrastructure is continuing expanding.

RFIC is one of the core blocks in the above technologies. This development and expansion needs RFIC design experts in the wireless communication technology.

This RFIC Design course teaches the principals of RFIC design techniques to address this need.

The goal of this course is to teach the RFIC design principals, tools, knowledge of the technologies, topologies and concepts and designing of various blocks. The course will include low noise amplifiers, mixer structures, current sources and thermal management of RFICs.

Course Highlights:

Introduction and Review

Technology, Bipolar, CMOS

Noise, Noise Figure Calculations

Low Noise Amplifier Design

Differential Circuits, Non-linearity

Mixer Design, Class of Operation

Power Amplifiers,

Passive On-Chip Components

Layout, Thermal Management, Packaging

Current Mirrors, Bandgaps

Course Benefits:
By the end of this course, the student would be able to

There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Science & Technology department at 858-534-3229 or unex-sciencetech@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.